Fracture Mechanics category: 51 books

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Fracture Mechanics of Electromagnetic Materials

Nonlinear Field Theory and Applications

by Xiaohong Chen, Yiu-Wing Mai
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012

Fracture Mechanics of Electromagnetic Materials provides a comprehensive overview of fracture mechanics of conservative and dissipative materials, as well as a general formulation of nonlinear field theory of fracture mechanics and a rigorous treatment of dynamic crack problems involving coupled magnetic,...
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by Chin-Teh Sun, Zhihe Jin, Department Of Mechanical Engineering<br>University of Maine
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2011

Fracture Mechanics covers classical and modern methods and introduce new/unique techniques, making this text an important resource for anyone involved in the study or application of fracture mechanics. Using insights from leading experts in fracture mechanics, it provides new approaches and new applications...
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by Naman Recho
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012

This book presents recent advances related to the following two topics: how mechanical fields close to material or geometrical singularities such as cracks can be determined; how failure criteria can be established according to the singularity degrees related to these discontinuities. Concerning...
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by K. Bertram Broberg
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 1999

Cracks and Fracture consists of nine chapters in logical sequence. In two introductory chapters, physical processes in the vicinity of the crack edge are discussed and the fracture process is described. Chapter 3 develops general basic concepts and relations in crack mechanics, such as path independent...
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The Theory of Critical Distances

A New Perspective in Fracture Mechanics

by David Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2010

Critical distance methods are extremely useful for predicting fracture and fatigue in engineering components. They also represent an important development in the theory of fracture mechanics. Despite being in use for over fifty years in some fields, there has never been a book about these methods...
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Crack Analysis in Structural Concrete

Theory and Applications

by Zihai Shi
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2009

This new book on the fracture mechanics of concrete focuses on the latest developments in computational theories, and how to apply those theories to solve real engineering problems. Zihai Shi uses his extensive research experience to present detailed examination of multiple-crack analysis and mixed-mode...
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Introduction to Practical Peridynamics

Computational Solid Mechanics Without Stress and Strain

by Walter Herbert Gerstle
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2015

Parting with the classical continuum concepts of stress and strain in the computational simulation of solids, this book proposes a peridynamic model that applies the model directly to particle lattices. The model is directly solvable on a computer. Introduction to Practical Peridynamics is...
Cover of Fracture and Damage Mechanics for Structural Engineering of Frames
by Julio Flórez-López, María Eugenia Marante, Ricardo Picón
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2014

The certification of the structural integrity of buildings, bridges, and mechanical components is one of the main goals of engineers. For civil engineers especially, understanding the tools available for infrastructure analysis is an essential part of designing, constructing, and maintaining safe...
Cover of Acoustic Emission and Related Non-destructive Evaluation Techniques in the Fracture Mechanics of Concrete
by Masayasu Ohtsu
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2015

The development of NDT (non-destructive testing) techniques used for the inspection of concrete structures is currently in high demand, because many existing structures have become aged and deteriorated in service. In order to formulate predictions on their stability and to estimate their safety,...
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by Luis Rodríguez-Tembleque, M H Ferri Aliabadi
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018

This book presents recent advances in the field of computational coupling and contact mechanics with particular emphasis on numerical formulations and methodologies necessary to solve advanced engineering applications. Featuring contributions from leading experts and active researchers in these...
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by Shaofan Li, Gang Wang
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017

This book presents a systematic treatise on micromechanics and nanomechanics, which encompasses many important research and development areas such as composite materials and homogenizations, mechanics of quantum dots, multiscale analysis and mechanics, defect mechanics of solids including fracture...
Cover of Micromechanics of Fracture and Damage
by Luc Dormieux, Djimedo Kondo
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016

This book deals with the mechanics and physics of fractures at various scales. Based on advanced continuum mechanics of heterogeneous media, it develops a rigorous mathematical framework for single macrocrack problems as well as for the effective properties of microcracked materials. In both cases,...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2008

Given such advantages as low weight compared to strength and toughness, laminated composites are now used in a wide range of applications. Their increasing use has underlined the need to understand their principal mode of failure, delamination. This important book reviews key research in understanding...
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Micromechanism of Cleavage Fracture of Metals

A Comprehensive Microphysical Model for Cleavage Cracking in Metals

by Rui Cao, Jianhong Chen, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014

In this book the authors focus on the description of the physical nature of cleavage fracture to offer scientists, engineers and students a comprehensive physical model which vividly describes the cleavage microcracking processes operating on the local (microscopic) scale ahead of a defect. The descriptions...
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